Meat Bazar by andycoleborn

Meat Bazar

Fresh meat, in this case lamb I think, being delivered to the Meat Bazar in East London this lunchtime.

I wonder what the lady is thinking... Why is that guy taking a photo of a meat truck or what dishes she could rustle up with all that meat..

This is along similar lines to last week's hipsta shot from my other album ( http://365project.org/andycoleborn/odds-sods-and-e/2011-04-08), but I've wanted to capture this scene for a while and today I had the chance..

Two doors down from here is the Fish Bazar.. Full of strange and really quite large Asian fish.. From experience, I can tell you Bengali's seem to prefer fresh water fish and whilst it's ok, it can be really boney..

I was sure bazar is spelt wrong so checked it out and it seems this spelling and bazaar are commonly used in Asian.
Blimmin big lambs!!! Life in the raw you might say! A great E1 street scene.
April 15th, 2011  
Interesting street scene. Not so sure about the meat!
April 15th, 2011  
i find this so darn intriguing...make me want to become a vegetarian :)
April 15th, 2011  
I love expressions! Nice one!
April 15th, 2011  
Andy, the woman probably thought you're a PETA activist... ;-)


@robinwarner : Know what you mean... I've gone veggie many years ago. Love animals way too to much to eat them.
April 15th, 2011  
I don´t like to see meat like these. Yuk !
We used to see scenes like these everywhere here in São Paulo, but now it is no so common. I like to see the meat packed, and really clean, barely seeming to be meat... :)
In northeastern Brazil is horrible to see how meat is sold on the streets.
April 15th, 2011  
Forgot to say: the woman made ​​a difference in the photo, excellent !
April 15th, 2011  
love the women having a cheeky look at whats in the van - great street shot!
April 15th, 2011  
Interesting shot. So much going on.
April 16th, 2011  
is this one you were telling me about where you wanted one a guy having a carcus draped over shoulder??
April 16th, 2011  
Not all of our meat comes in little packages with a plastic covering. They look like they would be heavy. Great capture with all that's going on.
April 16th, 2011  
fab - i've just finished having a conversation about some time I spent in an abbatoir recently - and now i'm going to be working in a couple of bacon factories, I get the joy of this every day. It is important to appreciate where one's food comes from!
April 16th, 2011  
@azza_l yeah, this is the place, you can also see the shopping trolly inside the shop they use to move the meat if the lorry parks around the corner. @sparkle there use to be an abbatoir near to were I grew up, went in there a couple of times, horrible place and such a stink..
April 17th, 2011  
Great shot, I don't think I have ever seen meat delivered in this fashion in the US. We really do cover everything with plastic over here - it needs to stop.
April 18th, 2011  
@shantwin thanks shannon, this is a muslim butcher where meat is always sold 'open' like the traditional butchers do.. although on saying that, the traditional buctcher is making a come back... It's just delivereies usually aren't made like thisin mainstream shops... :-)
April 18th, 2011  
I am fascinated by the rib patterns on the hanging meat (and Im a veggie albeit one whose parents have a farm).
April 23rd, 2011  
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